let on

英 [let ɒn]

美 [let ɑːn]

透露; 泄露

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 透露；泄露
  If you do notlet onthat something is true, you do not tell anyone that it is true, and you keep it a secret.
  1. She never let on that anything was wrong...
     她从来没有透露过有什么不妥。
  2. I didn't let on to the staff what my conversation was...
     我没有将谈话内容向员工们透露。
  3. He knows the culprit but is not letting on.
     他知道罪犯是谁，但却闭口不说。

英英释义

verb

• make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret
  1. The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold
  2. The actress won't reveal how old she is
  3. bring out the truth
  4. he broke the news to her
  5. unwrap the evidence in the murder case
  Synonym:unwrapdisclosebring outrevealdiscoverexposedivulgebreakgive awaylet out

双语例句

• I will reveal your secret in no case. Don't let on about the meeting.
  我决不会泄漏你的秘密。别泄露会议的秘密。
• I'm going to let you in on a little secret.
  我要向你透露一个小秘密。
• I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had let me on the right road to get the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son.
  因为他引导我走合式的道路，使我得着我主人兄弟的孙女，给我主人的儿子为妻。
• Even if a position seems a bit of a professional stretch, don't let on that you have any doubts about your ability to get the job done.
  即使一个职位看起来太过于专业，也不要怀疑自己完成工作的能力。
• There were some moves to let up on this curfew a little bit.
  采取了一些措施以缓和宵禁的紧张气氛。
• Never let on to anybody.
  千万不要向任何人讲。
• We can't let up on our efforts to compete with other more successful firms.
  在同其他那些更兴隆的公司竞争中，我们丝毫松懈不得。
• He blew his top after airport officials refused to let him on a plane.
  机场工作人员拒绝让他登机之后，他勃然大怒。
• The suits alleged that JPMorgan and others underwrote mortgage bonds that contained loans that were riskier than the banks let on.
  监管机构在这起案件中指控，摩根大通和其他银行承销的按揭债券中包含的一些贷款实际风险超出了这些银行披露的水平。
• Perhaps let God on your side, to him, let you to be more dangerous.
  也许那能让上帝站在你这边，对他来说，那让你更加危险。